Saturday, October 2, 2010

It's Saturday!

Today is October 2nd, the 274th day of 2010. There are 91 days left in the year.

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It's a light weekend of action for the Tampa Bay Juniors. This afternoon at the Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex, the MJHL Juniors host the Florida Junior Blades, with the return match tomorrow in Estero's Germain Arena at 12:30pm EDT. Today's game can be seen on fasthockey.com. Sunday's game will not be broadcast due to technical difficulties.

The SEJHL Juniors play on Sunday against the Tampa Lightning AAA U16s. Faceoff at the Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex is 12:30pm EDT. There will be no broadcast.

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Today is World Farm Animal's Day. (Here a pig, there a pig, everywhere a pig-pig....)

Sunrise - Guy Boucher’s new system appears to be paying early dividends for the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Boucher’s scheme, which favors defensemen up front in the attacking zone, proved its effectiveness on Friday night as Mike Lundin helped defeat the in-state rival Panthers 2-1 in overtime at the BankAtlantic Center.

Saskatchewan, now 8-4 on the year after last Saturday's 32-25 win at Hamilton, sit just 2 points behind first place Calgary in the CFL West. The Riders play the first of a two-game set with Toronto this afternoon at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. Kickoff is set for 3:00pm EDT. The second game with the Argonauts will be in Regina on Saturday, October 9th at 4:00pm EDT.

The Oregon State Beavers take their 1-2 record into Pac-10 action this afternoon at Reser Stadium against their former coach Dennis Erickson and his Arizona State Sun Devils. Kickoff is set for 6:30pm EDT on the Beaver Sports Network. Listen link is to the right on this blog. Fox Sports Northwest has TV coverage.

KANSAS CITY -- It wasn't a September to remember for James Shields and October didn't start in promising fashion for him, either.

The Rays right-hander had hoped for a solid outing on Friday that would propel him into the playoffs. But the Royals got to Shields for 12 hits and seven runs (six earned) over five-plus innings in a 7-0 defeat for Tampa Bay.

Read the rest here.Notes: Andy Sonnanstine (4.1, 4.58) takes the mound for Tampa Bay tonight aginst the Royals' Kyle Davies (8-11, 5.31)....Evan Longoria sat out Friday's game with a strained left quad(But we all know his mouth still works). He hasn't played since September 23rd and is listed as day-to-day....The Rays need nine runs to match the club record for a season, 803, which they set last year. If they reach 800 runs, they could be the second team in history to score that many runs with a team batting average under .250. Right now, the Rays are hitting .249 as a club....With six more strikeouts, Rays hitters would match the Rockies' mark from 2009 for the largest number of strikeouts by a postseason-bound club.

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This is Phileas Fogg's Wager Day.

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In the American League East, the Yankees(Clinched playoff spot) lead Tampa Bay(Clinched playoff spot) by 1/2 game, Boston(Eliminated) is 7 behind, Toronto(Eliminated) is 10 1/2 behind and Baltimore(Eliminated) is 29 1/2 back.

In the American League Central, Minnesota(Clinched division) is 7 ahead of the White Sox(Eliminated), Detroit(Eliminated) is behind by 13, while Cleveland(Eliminated) sits 24 in arrears and Kansas City(Eliminated) is 26 behind.

In the American League West, Texas(Clinched Division) leads both Los Angeles(Eliminated) and Oakland(Eliminated) by 10 games, with Seattle(Eliminated) trailing by 28.

In the National League East, Philadelphia(Clinched Division) leads Atlanta(Leading the Wild Card race) by 5 games, Florida(Eliminated) and the Mets(Eliminated) by 18 with Washington(Eliminated) sitting 28 behind.

In the National League Central, Cincinnati(Clinched division) leads St. Louis(Eliminated) by 5 games, Milwaukee(Eliminated) is 12 behind, Houston trails by 14, the Cubs(Eliminated) are 15 back and Pittsburgh(Eliminated) is 33 out.

In the National League West, San Francisco is 2 games ahead of San Diego (The Padres trail the Wild Card race with Atlanta by 1 game), Colorado(Eliminated) is 8 behind(Eliminated), the Dodgers(Eliminated) are 13 behind and Arizona(Eliminated) trails by 26.

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Today is National Diversity Day.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants intended to throw a heck of a party Friday night. But at first, the beverages were flat, the snacks tasted stale and nobody felt like dancing.

Though the revelry everyone anticipated began almost spontaneously, the fun ultimately began too late.

The Giants couldn't quite overcome a six-run deficit and squandered the first of their three opportunities to capture the National League West title, losing, 6-4, to the San Diego Padres before a sellout crowd at AT&T Park.

Notes: Barry Zito (9-13, 4.08) goes for the Giants today against San Diego's Tim Stauffer (5-5, 1.89)....Andres Torres was named Friday as the winner of the team's Willie Mac Award, given to the Giants player who best embodies competitive spirit, ability and leadership. The award is named after Giants legend Willie McCovey....Giants closer Brian Wilson needs one more save to equal Rod Beck's single-season club record of 48, set in 1993.

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